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100
John Dewey
Who is the founder of the Progressive movement?
100
Called for desegregation of schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
100
"Garden where children grow" stressed motor development and self activity of young children
What is Kindergarten?
100
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
What is 1950's?
100

2001 Act during GW Bush Presidency to improve US schools.

What is the No Child Left Behind Act?

200
Helped found Tuskegee Institute
Who is Booker T. Washington?
200
Mandated establishment and support of schools in towns of 50 or more households
What is Massachusetts Act of 1647?
200
Open to both boys and girls. Often taught by widows at kitchen tables.
What is a dame school?
200
No Child Left Behind
What is 2000?
200

Career and Technical Education ( includes this class!) had funding and established it for public high schools.

What is the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917?

300
17th century statesman who believed youth should be educated in a wide range of subjects
Who is Ben Franklin?
300
Provide federal funds for schools based on number of poor students
What is Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965?
300
First school to teach teachers
What is a Normal School?
300
Public Law 94-142
What is 1970's?
300
Has a free public education for "all" of its children
What is the United States?
400
He helped promote the free, public, locally controlled elementary school.
Who is Horace Mann?
400
Federal government sponsored research and innovation in science, math, foreign languages, and guidance in response to Sputnik
What is National Defense Education Act of 1958?
400
Our secondary schools are based on them
What are Latin Grammar Schools?
400
War on Poverty
What is 1960's?
400

They braved entering an all white school in Little Rock AR in 1957 for desegregation and civil rights.

Who are the Little Rock Nine?

500
One of the founders of the NAACP. He wanted to equip African Americans for leadership positions in society.
Who is William DuBois?
500
Provides for a free, appropriate public education for all students regardless of ability
What is Public Law 94-142 (Education for all Handicapped Children's Act) 1975?
500
A free state supported school that provided education for all students.
What is a common school?
500
Height of Progressive Education era
What is 1940's?
500
Morrill Land-Grant Act
What is provided federal land for the support of colleges?